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NewsDorset service station sale expected to attract major interest
A high volume service station and convenience store that has just come to the market is expected to attract a wide range of interest, according to its agents. Hinton Service Station in Christchurch, Dorset, has come to the market through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co. The forecourt is ...
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NewsEuro Garages submits plans to build European HQ in Blackburn
Euro Garages has submitted plans to build a new European headquarters in its home town of Blackburn. The scheme would comprise a three-storey office block and two drive thru restaurants in Haslingden Road, Blackburn, close to the hospital and its existing head office. The plans include enough parking spaces for ...
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NewsKay Group opens site with first Gregg’s drive-thru
Top 50 Indie The Kay Group has opened its 14th Texaco-branded service station. Its Irlam site in Salford is another new build for The Kay Group and features bakery chain Gregg’s first drive-through. This is the third Kay Group Texaco-branded new build to have opened in the past year, adding ...
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NewsBig four supermarkets cut up to 2ppl off fuel prices
The big four supermarkets have all announced cuts of up to 2ppl in the price of unleaded petrol and diesel. Asda was the first to announce the cut on Thursday June 15 saying it would apply from the next day, but Tesco implemented its cut from Thursday afternoon, with Sainsbury’s ...
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NewsArmed gang sought after raid on Esso site in Suffolk
Suffolk Police are appealing for information following a robbery by a gang armed with hammers and knives at Gainsborough Service Station in Sudbury. The incident happened just after 10.30pm on Monday 12 June, at the Esso-branded premises in Northern Road. Three men wearing balaclavas entered the service station armed with ...
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NewsStaff praised after car crash demolishes pump
The quick reactions of staff members at a Welsh service station have been praised after a car crashed into one of its pumps. The car demolished the pump at the Forge Filling Station in St Clears at around lunchtime on Saturday June 10, but neither the four occupants of the ...
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NewsUKPIA appoints new director general
Oil industry body UKPIA (UK Petroleum Industry Association) has announced that director general Chris Hunt will be retiring in November after 20 years in the post, and that it has recruited a successor. Paul Bray, UKPIA president and Valero’s director, European government and public affairs, said: “I am very pleased ...
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NewsBOSS Forecourt Crime Index hits highest-ever reading
An index measuring the level of crime on forecourts has hit its highest ever reading, according to BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate). The latest BOSS Forecourt Crime Index for the first quarter of 2017 (January to March) has shown it has risen by seven points to 104, compared the previous ...
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NewsTwo men prosecuted for multiple drive-offs in Coventry
Two men have been prosecuted for stealing fuel from petrol stations in Coventry by driving off without paying. Adam Wilson and Gary Pritchards, both from Nuneaton, admitted stealing the fuel in April this year when they appeared at Coventry Magistrates’ Court. Wilson, 32, of Mancetter Road, pleaded guilty to three ...
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NewsMaxol introduces customer feedback system
Irish forecourt and convenience retailer Maxol has partnered with TruRating in the Irish Republic to launch a new way for customers to provide feedback at the time of their visit. TruRating comes into operation as customers are about to pay, with a single question popping up on the payment terminal ...
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NewsTobacco smugglers sentenced for evading excise duty
Three men, who were caught supplying or receiving almost half a million smuggled cigarettes in Surrey, have been sentenced for evading more than £115,000 in excise duty. One of the men, Dominik Mrzyglod, 38, was jailed for four years earlier this year for his role in this crime, and for ...
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NewsSymonds Forecourts acquires ninth site
Top 50 Indie Symonds Forecourts has acquired its ninth forecourt site and is finalising planning approval on a tenth that will be a new to industry site. The acquisition is Malmesbury Service Station on the A249 in Wiltshire, which was purchased direct from Andrew Ings without the involvement of any ...
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NewsMRH on the brink of five potential acquisitions
MRH (GB) has five potential acquisitions on the go that could close this side of the summer, according to the company’s chief executive Karen Dickens. She said scale was really important because of the best deals that can be had from a shop, fuels or foodservice perspective. "But the ...
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Valero starts to roll out Supreme savings across UK
Following its success in the North West, Valero is rolling out the relaunch of its Supreme fuel across the rest of the UK.The ’Save 10p per Litre on Supreme Fuel’ promotion is starting in Yorkshire and the Midlands this month, with other regions including Wales, the South West and the ...
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NewsCashier taken to hospital after hammer attack
A forecourt cashier had to be taken to hospital after armed raiders hit him with a hammer during a robbery at Stroud in Gloucestershire. The attack took place at approximately 3am on Saturday 3 June after two men entered the BP garage on London Road, Stroud, and threatened a member ...
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Spar overtakes Tesco to be biggest forecourt retailer
Spar has overtaken Tesco as the biggest forecourt retailer in the UK by market share, according to Experian figures (see page 44). Following significant growth from multi-site retail partners in 2016, there are now more than 1,000 Spar shops on forecourts.Top 50 Indies which are partners with Spar include: MRH; ...
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HKS Retail continues with bold growth programme
Top 50 Indie HKS Retail has announced the opening of two further sites in the London area, continuing its programme of expansion.This now means HKS has four sites within the M25 and nearly 70 sites nationally. The new acquisitions will benefit from investment to introduce new shop, food and forecourt ...
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NewsScottish retailer moves second site to Gulf brand
The latest forecourt to commit to the Gulf brand is Hawkhead Road Garage, at Paisley in Scotland. The owner of the site, Fine Fuel Company, said the decision to move to Gulf from Jet was part of a wider business strategy to future-proof the business. It was the company’s second ...
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Welcome Break gets more money to invest in its sites
Welcome Break has secured a £440m funding package from a banking syndicate led by Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking to enable further invest-ment in its hotel and retail offering.Welcome Break is the second largest motorway service station operator in the UK, managing 27 sites.The funding will be used to refinance debt, ...
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Pizza Express to debut at Welcome Break services
Pizza Express is set to make its debut at a motorway service station in partnership with Welcome Break Group.The 88-seater restaurant will offer table service to both hotel guests and motorway service visitors at the Oxford M40 (Junction 8A) site, and is due to open in October.Rod McKie, chief executive ...